THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA MAYUGE DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT PLAN II 2015/2016 – 2019/2020 THEME: Sustainable wealth creation to generate prosperity for all. March 2015 Figure 1: Map of Mayuge District extract from the Map of Uganda i Vision “A prosperous Mayuge District with well-developed socio economic infrastructure with people enjoying a high standard of living by 2040” Mission “Improve the standard of living of the people of Mayuge using the available resources efficiently” ii National Anthem Busoga Anthem Oh Uganda! may God uphold thee, Tuli bankabi inho We lay our future in thy hand. Yenga twesimye inho United, free, Olwainaiffe ono Busoga For liberty Kibbumba yeyatuwa Olwekilabo ekyo ekikoloho Together we'll always stand. Tweyimbenga Busoga Oh Uganda! the land of freedom. Etebbenkenga Ense Nense x 2 Our love and labour we give, And with neighbours all Abantu mwena mwena At our country's call Mu Busoga mwidhe twisanhienga In peace and friendship we'll live. Tukulemberwa Isebantu Oh Uganda! the land that feeds us Nga nomutwe gwaiffe By sun and fertile soil grown. Tufune omwoyo For our own dear land, Tugonzaganienga We'll always stand: Enhina ya Uganda eno The Pearl of Africa's Crown. Etebenkere Yenga Twensimye N‟inhaiffe Busoga Neitala Lya Uganda Era Ensulo Ya Uganda Bwoidha Mu Uganda Notatukaku Mwidhihindha Enkuni Ya Uganda Oba ogisububwa Ensozi Nikiira Nkani Nemivule No Bokombe Bwa Busoga Obutawaho Mwidhe twekembe tube Oti Nseete Tuwanise Ng‟endwaire Obwavu n‟obutamanha iii FOREWORD The people of Mayuge District, and well-wishers, I take this opportunity to present to you the second District Development Plan (DDPII), which is designed to align the District priorities to the national objectives that shall propel Uganda towards middle income status by 2020, in line with the aspirations of Uganda‟s Vision 2040. This Plan aims at strengthening our competitiveness for sustainable wealth creation, employment and inclusive growth. The Plan prioritizes investment in six (6) areas with the greatest multiplier effect on the wellbeing of the people of Mayuge; which are-: 1) Agriculture; 2) Tourism; 3) natural resources and environment; 4) feeder and community access roads; and 5) Human capital development. 6) Delivery of Social services in health, education, community development, water and sanitation. As prioritized in the NDPII, the District Development Plan emphasizes commercialization of agriculture, to increase production and productivity along the value chains. It emphasizes agro- processing and marketing as a launch path to industrialization. In the natural resources and environment gas sector, the District will focus efforts on sustainable management of natural resources through expanding forestry cover, maintaining lake Victoria and other wetlands systems. Climate resilient crops and agronomical practices shall be promoted in addition to protecting and multiplication of flora and sauna. Tourism investments emphasize aggressive marketing, diversification of products and development of tourism supporting infrastructure and services, including roads to tourism areas such as Bukaleba peninsula, Bishop Hannington memoral site. Tourist attraction sites shall be gazette and developed. In collaboration with the central government, the District will focus on addressing the infrastructure challenge of high electricity and transport costs, through providing any support in investments in energy, railway and road infrastructure. We also shall emphasize relevant skills development, starting with investments in early–childhood development and improving the quality of education, training and healthcare at all levels. For successful implementation of the DDPII, we shall adopt the Government of Uganda strategies such as: ensure macro-economic stability with fiscal expansion for frontloading infrastructure investments; industrialization and export oriented growth through value addition, agro processing, mineral beneficiation and light manufacturing; increased employment creation through fast tracking skills development and harnessing the demographic dividend; strong iv public/private partnerships for sustainable development; and strengthening governance mechanisms and structures. To realize the goal of this Plan District leaders, policy makers and implementers, are urged to have a positive mindset and the right ideological orientation to facilitate efficient and effective implementation of this Plan. We cannot achieve different results unless we start thinking and doing differently. I call upon all people of Mayuge in the public and the private sector to embrace the objectives of this Plan and implement the selected interventions and projects therein with great commitment. I urge the private sector, development partners, civil society, faith- based and cultural institutions to provide support towards the implementation of the Plan. With the prevailing peace and political stability which has been protected by the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Government, I believe that Mayuge will join the rest of Uganda towards attaining middle income status and improved standards of living for the majority of the people by 2020. Finally I wish to appreciate all those who contributed to the development of this Plan. For God and My Country Omar Bongo Muwaaya CHAIRMAN, MAYUGE DISTRICT v ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I wish to acknowledge with gratitude the various stakeholders for their contribution to formulation of this District development plan, the technical guidance of the technical team comprising of heads of department which drafted the plan. The District executive committee and council in general have contributed significantly throughout the whole process. I wish to congratulate the National Planning Authority for delivering the second national development plan which formed a yard stick for the drafting team to take inference on the national policy strategic direction. Their continuous guidance and technical assistance in this process has enabled us to align our District goals to the national goals and strategy. The District extends our sincere gratitude to members of the civil society such USAID, IPs supported by USAID, the NGO forum Mayuge, sight savers international among other, the private sector, Community Based Organizations, Faith Based Organizations, Opinion leaders, the media, cultural institutions for their continuous support to the development planning process of Mayuge District. Aspiration The District is immeasurably indebted to the ministries, departments and agencies, Lower Local Governments, political and technical leaders at the respective levels for their contributions and views in the process of formulating this plan. Finally, I acknowledge the guidance of His Excellence the President of the Republic of Uganda and his entire cabinet cascading to the District chairperson, members of the District executive committee, area members if parliament, councilors and other political leaders for their visionary leadership that formed the basis of setting priorities for this DDP. Joyce Loyce Nambozo CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER, MAYUGE vi Table of Contents Vision ............................................................................................................................................................ ii Mission .......................................................................................................................................................... ii FOREWORD ............................................................................................................................................... iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ........................................................................................................................... vi List of Tables ................................................................................................................................................ x EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................xiii CHAPTER ONE ........................................................................................................................................... 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background ................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1.1 Context of the Local Government Development Plan. ................................................................... 1 1.1.2 Description of the Local Government Development planning process. ......................................... 3 1.1.3 Structure of the Local Government Development plan. ................................................................. 4 1.2 District profile ................................................................................................................................. 5 1.2.1 Location .......................................................................................................................................... 5 1.2.2 Land area. ........................................................................................................................................ 5 1.2.3 Key Geographical information ...................................................................................................... 10 1.2.4 Biophysical Environment ..............................................................................................................